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The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, County Armagh, in Ireland, [1] when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled. The train crew decided to divide the train and take forward the front portion, leaving the rear ...
On 23 June 1988, an Army Air Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx, serial number XZ664, was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) near Aughanduff Mountain, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. A unit of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade fired at the British Army helicopter using automatic rifles and heavy machine guns. The disabled ...
This sortable table lists railway accidents in the Republic of Ireland, and before its formation accidents in the provinces of Leinster, Munster and Connacht, plus the counties of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan. It is currently limited to accidents where at least one train occupant was killed.
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On 13 February 1991 Lynx helicopter ZE380 was hauling an underslung load from Bessbrook to the joint British Army-RUC base at Crossmaglen. To accommodate the underslung load the pilots had to fly relatively low and were restricted to a maximum speed of 60 knots; internal cargo stowage which needed to be unloaded on the ground left helicopters vulnerable to attack from IRA mortars.
Bessbrook saw some of the worst violence in the Troubles. 25 British soldiers and local Protestants, all male, lost their lives. Four soldiers died in a non-combat related air accident, but the rest (21 men) were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The linen mill was converted by the British Army into a major military base. A ...
Kieran McGeeney names 10 of his All-Ireland-winning starting team for Armagh's Allianz Football League opener against Galway on Saturday.